Avalanches, Jamming, Stick-Slip Motion, and Highly-Nonlinear Dynamical Instabilities

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10. C.J. Olson, C. Reichhardt, F. Nori
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11. S.B. Field, M. Klaus, M.G. Moore, F. Nori
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12. F. Nori, P. Sholtz, M. Bretz
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13. P. Sholtz, M. Bretz, F. Nori
    Sound-producing sand avalanches
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14. G. D'Anna, F. Nori
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15. A. Maeda, Y. Inoue, H. Kitano, S. Savel'ev, S. Okayasu, I. Tsukada, F. Nori
    Nanoscale friction: Kinetic friction of magnetic flux quanta and charge density waves
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16. S. Savel'ev, A.L. Rakhmanov, F. Nori
    Experimentally realizable devices for domain wall motion control
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17. S. Savel'ev, F. Marchesoni, A. Taloni, F. Nori
    Diffusion of interacting Brownian particles: Jamming and anomalous diffusion
    Phys. Rev. E 74, 021119 (2006). [PDF][Link]

18. N. Mitarai, F. Nori
    Wet granular materials
    Advances in Physics 55, 1-45 (2006). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

19. M. Bretz, R. Zaretzki, S.B. Field, N. Mitarai, F. Nori
    Broad distribution of stick-slip events in slowly sheared granular media: Table-top production of a Gutenberg-Richter-like distribution
    Europhys. Lett. 74, 1116-1122 (2006). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

20. S. Savel'ev, A.L. Rakhmanov, F. Nori
    Domain-wall step motors: Controlling the motion of magnetic domain walls using patterned magnetic films
    Phys. Rev. B 74, 024404 (2006). [PDF][Link]